When Alt was selling his plan he emphasized the beneficial effects of having more ,older dominant buck doing more of the breeding. If it worked the way he claimed 2.5+ rack sizes would have increased do to improvements in the gene pool. Also there is this Alt quote that clearly states that the bucks will be BIGGER due to ARs. Since we had 2.5+ bucks before ARs ,the only way we would have bigger racks due to ARs.
“Launching 75,000 to 100,000 bucks into the next age class tripled the number of bucks age two or older,” notes Alt. “This tripled the number of bucks with eight or more points in just one year, so a by-product of antler restrictions is that hunters have been able to see more and bigger bucks. To offset the killing of less bucks we knew we needed to harvest more does by the same number and we’ve tried hard to accomplish this.